So on a whim I investigated this. In case you wanted to know, the movies in question are
Van Helsing (2004) in which she is NOT a vampire, and which also stars Hugh Jackman as the title character. He takes on Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and the Wolfman. Universal Studios monsters versus the Wolverine. May be cool (it's to be done in a Victorian era, not an X-Men era, and to be fair, Jackman has shown quite a bit of range, he is not just an X-Man).
Not nearly so cool sounding is
Underworld (2003), the description of which has me and my co-workers rolling on the floor in hysterical fits of uncontrollable laughter. Here's what IMDB has to say:
Selene (Beckinsale), a beautiful vampire warrior, is entrenched in a war between the vampire and werewolf races. Although she is aligned with the vampires, she falls in love with Michael (Speedman), a werewolf who longs for the war to end.
Apparently Vampires are aristocrats, and werewolves ("Lycans") are street thugs. Basically, think West Side Story meets White Wolf -- and from the trailer, they're trying for a bit of Matrix thrown in (sorry guys, we've got our dose of the REAL THING this summer already). I read the description outloud, and I literally could not finish before my coworker and I were both laughing out loud.
Can any ammount of amazing writing save this flick?